Stuart Gordon

Directing

Stuart Gordon

Born — Died

1947-08-11 — 2020-03-24

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

71 titles

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stuart Gordon (August 11, 1947 - March 24, 2020) was a director, writer and producer of films and plays. Most of Gordon's film work is in the horror genre, though he has also ventured into science fiction. Like his friend and fellow filmmaker Brian Yuzna, Gordon is a big fan of H. P. Lovecraft and has adapted several Lovecraft stories for the screen. They include Re-Animator, From Beyond, Castle Freak (from The Outsider), and Dagon, as well as the Masters of Horror episode "Dreams in the Witch-House". Description above from the Wikipedia article Stuart Gordon , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

In Search of Darkness: Part II poster
7.7

The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning favorites for the biggest and most comprehensive ‘80s Horror documentary cast ever assembled.

In Search of Darkness: Part II

2020

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi poster
5.7

The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking classics like "Night of the Living Dead," and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and sci-fi gems such as "Blade Runner," and "A Clockwork Orange."

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

2020

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster
NR

THE AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE VAULT is a 2-disc, 500-minute odyssey that collects eight feature-length VHS mixtapes from the crackpots at AGFA—including two that have only ever been available theatrically.

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

2020

Rondo and Bob poster
NR

Robert A. Burns, art director on the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre, was obsessed with actor Rondo Hatton aka the Creeper. Burns was average looking but brimming with odd creativity. Hatton, who suffered from acromegaly, had a strangely unique appearance, but was a regular guy. In Rondo and Bob their two stories intersect.

Rondo and Bob

2020

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 poster
8.0

Unleashed from the video vaults of the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA), AGFA MYSTERY MIXTAPE #1 is a brand new compilation of the most electrifying found footage mayhem that you’ll see this week. For our kick-off tape, we’ve curated an hour-long joyride through the hallowed halls of “behind the scenes” horror. Our team has been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support during these difficult times. So this is our way of saying thanks! The price is set at 99 cents, which is the lowest possible option that Vimeo offers. We want everyone to be able to enjoy this. But if you’re able to donate more to our non-profit mission, there’s also an option to pay what you want. Thank you for your continued support, and remember: “DIDN’T YOU USED TO BE SATAN?”

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

2020

2010s · 12 titles

Tales of Halloween poster
5.7

Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.

Tales of Halloween

2015

Doc of the Dead poster
6.2

The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS.

Doc of the Dead

2014

Trophy Heads poster
4.6

An obsessed fan and his mother kidnap former 'scream queens' and force them to reenact their famous film roles...with deadly results.

Trophy Heads

2014

In Search of Darkness poster
7.5

An exploration of '80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact on contemporary cinema.

In Search of Darkness

2019

Out of Print poster
5.7

A documentary exploring the importance of revival cinema and 35mm exhibition - seen through the lens of the patrons of the New Beverly Cinema - a unique and independent revival cinema in Los Angeles.

Out of Print

2014

No artwork available
NR

An interview of director Stuart Gordon conducted by filmmaker Mick Garris.

Gods & Monsters

2018

Chastity Bites poster
4.2

Serial killer Countess Elizabeth Bathory believed that bathing in virgin blood would keep her young and beautiful forever. Still alive today, she's found a perfect hunting ground for her "botox" as an abstinence educator in conservative America...but will she finally be stopped by a brave young blogger and reporter for the high school paper?

Chastity Bites

2013

Hellraiser: Evolutions poster
6.0

Exclusive to Arrow Video Amazon Channels, Hellraiser: Evolutions is a documentary looking at the evolution of the hit horror franchise, Hellraiser, and its enduring legacy, over the last 30 years. Featuring interviews with Scott Derrickson (director, Hellraiser: Inferno), Rick Bota (director, Hellraiser: Hellseeker), Stuart Gordon (director, Re-Animator, From Beyond) and Doug Bradley (Pinhead himself).

Hellraiser: Evolutions

2015

The Psycho Legacy poster
6.5

The cast and crew of all four Psycho films recall their time working on the influential horror series, and modern masters of horror reminisce on what the movies stirred in them.

The Psycho Legacy

2010

Deconstructing Dunning poster
NR

Documentary chronicling the attempt to help an actor who has fallen on hard times.

Deconstructing Dunning

2016

No artwork available
NR

Director Stuart Gordon discusses his early theater roots and his continued commitment to the stage.

The Catastrophe of Success: Stuart Gordon and the Organic Theater

2017

No artwork available
NR

Retrospective documentary on the making of the horror film 'Dolls'

Toys of Terror: The Making of 'Dolls'

2014

2000s · 12 titles

Stuck poster
6.2

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Stuck

2007

Bread and Roses poster
6.3

In Los Angeles, undocumented Mexican immigrant Maya finds work as a janitor through her sister, Rosa. However, as both work non-union, conditions are grim. After enduring abuse from her superiors, Maya is open to the pro-union rhetoric offered by organiser Sam Shapiro. Rosa, meanwhile, is far less interested in clashing with management, given the needs of her family, and a rift forms between the sisters.

Bread and Roses

2000

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown poster
7.2

A chronicle of the life, work and mind that created the Cthulhu mythos.

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

2008

Direct Your Own Damn Movie! poster
5.0

Legendary director Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of the Toxic Avenger, reveals 40 years worth of maverick cinematic know-how in Direct Your Own Damn Movie! Lloyd offers you the magic key to operating outside the film studio system as well as providing you with the roadmap to script writing, pre-production, casting, managing your set, post-production and the secrets of selling you movie!

Direct Your Own Damn Movie!

2009

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story poster
7.8

Chronicles the last great American showman, filmmaker William Castle, a master of ballyhoo who became a brand name in movie horror with his outrageous audience participation gimmicks.

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

2007

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited - Part I poster
7.0

A mockumentary exploring the Jason Vorhees murders at Crystal Lake with interviews from local townsfolk, skeptics, and historians.

The Crystal Lake Massacres Revisited - Part I

2009

The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision, and Phenomenon of H.P. Lovecraft poster
7.8

The Eldritch Influence looks at the world of literary outsider H.P. Lovecraft who posthumously infected a large number of artists, writers, mystics, and fanatics with his wonderfully bleak worldview. Using passionate interviews and colorful commentary the film presents a picture of Lovecraft’s life and thought through those he’s touched and inspired. Featuring extensive interviews with Lovecraft biographer S.T. Joshi, authors Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Brian Lumley, and filmmaker Stuart Gordon.

The Eldritch Influence: The Life, Vision, and Phenomenon of H.P. Lovecraft

2003

The Return of the Living Dead:  The Decade of Darkness poster
6.0

A look at the horror movies of the 1980's.

The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness

2007

Re-Animator Resurrectus poster
7.3

Features interviews with the cast and crew of Re-Animator (1985), except for the late David Gale.

Re-Animator Resurrectus

2007

Hitchcocked! poster
6.0

A tribute to the work of Alfred Hitchcock, featuring contemporary filmmakers, writers, performers, and cultural critics.

Hitchcocked!

2006

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River poster
7.5

A documentary feature that reveals the creative process of Chicago moviemakers. Using the city's famous river as a location, directors are placed in a variety of boats and share stories of how Chicago has influenced their careers.

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

2004

Reflections with Stuart Gordon: A Director's Perspective poster
NR

Documentary about From Beyond.

Reflections with Stuart Gordon: A Director's Perspective

2007

1990s · 6 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Re-Animator poster
7.1

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

Re-Animator

1985

Re-Animator poster
7.1

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

Re-Animator

1985

From Beyond poster
6.5

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.

From Beyond

1986

Fortress poster
6.1

In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.

Fortress

1992

The Dentist poster
5.5

Dr. Alan Feinstone has everything: a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry. However, when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.

The Dentist

1996

Eater poster
NR

Nothing is as it seems when a rookie cop is assigned to watch over a serial killer known as the "Eater".

Eater

2008

Body Snatchers poster
6.2

When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting strangely, Marti becomes convinced that they are slowly being replaced by plant-like aliens.

Body Snatchers

1993

Castle Freak poster
6.1

John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.

Castle Freak

1996

Space Truckers poster
5.5

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be a multitude of unstoppable killer robots.

Space Truckers

1996

Space Truckers poster
5.5

John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be a multitude of unstoppable killer robots.

Space Truckers

1996

Dagon poster
6.1

A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is pursued by the entire town. Running for his life, he uncovers Imboca's secret..they worship Dagon, a monstrous god of the sea...and Dagon's unholy offspring are on the loose...

Dagon

2001

Dolls poster
6.4

A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.

Dolls

1987

Edmond poster
6.0

Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

Edmond

2006

Edmond poster
6.0

Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

Edmond

2006

King of the Ants poster
5.9

A young drifter, struggling to makes ends meet, accepts a job to kill a prominent accountant. When he isn't paid for the hit, revenge is now his path.

King of the Ants

2004

The Pit and the Pendulum poster
5.8

Set during the height of Spanish Inquisition. The beautiful and kind-hearted Maria is arrested as a witch when she inadvertently cries out in horror at the public whipping of a child. As Maria’s husband Antonio tries to save her, Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, determines to punish Maria with torture for the desire she inflames in him. Loosely based on Edgar Allen Poe's classic short story.

The Pit and the Pendulum

1991

Dreams in the Witch House poster
6.4

A college student renting an old room in a boarding house discovers a plot by sinister, otherworldly forces to sacrifice his neighbor's infant.

Dreams in the Witch House

2005

Stuck poster
6.2

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Stuck

2007

Stuck poster
6.2

A young woman commits a hit-and-run, then finds her fate tied to her victim.

Stuck

2007

Robot Jox poster
5.5

50 years after a nuclear war, the two superpowers handle territorial disputes in a different way. Each fields a giant robot to fight one-on-one battles in official matches, each piloted by a man inside, known as robot jockeys or jox. The contest for possession of Alaska will be fought by two of the best. The conscientious Achilles fights for the Americans. Opposing him is a Russian, Alexander.

Robot Jox

1990

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit poster
7.0

Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998

Kid Safe: The Video poster
7.3

In this educational docudrama, kids learn how to handle emergency situations.

Kid Safe: The Video

1988

Kid Safe: The Video poster
7.3

In this educational docudrama, kids learn how to handle emergency situations.

Kid Safe: The Video

1988

Kid Safe: The Video poster
7.3

In this educational docudrama, kids learn how to handle emergency situations.

Kid Safe: The Video

1988

Daughter of Darkness poster
5.2

An atmospheric, sub-hallucinogenic venture into the world of the unknown. The enigma facing a young woman is the identity of her father. Unfortunately for her, she becomes drawn into a small Romanian underworld of brooding menace, darkness, torture chambers, and vampires.

Daughter of Darkness

1990

Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks poster
3.8

FULL MOON'S BUNKER OF BLOOD opens its rusty doors once more for this fifth and freakiest installment in the series. And when we say freakiest...we mean it. PSYCHO SIDESHOW: DEMON FREAKS takes you deep into a three-ring circus of shock, blasting out a caustic cauldron of clips from such classic Full Moon favorites as LURKING FEAR, DARK ANGEL, SEED PEOPLE, SHRIEKER, THE DEAD HATE THE LIVING and - of course - CASTLE FREAK and frames them with an all new animated narrative. This time, "The Gore Collector" winds his way into a terrifying amusement park from Hell known as the "Karnage Kingdom". And while the crazed carnival coats our characters in bloody horror, our tour guide "Molly" seems to have a method to the madness. What lies beyond this nightmarish wonderland? Tune in to find out.

Psycho Sideshow: Demon Freaks

2018

The Black Cat poster
6.2

The Black Cat, set in 1840 Philadelphia, has the great writer Edgar Allan Poe, struggling with alcoholism, writers block, as well as being out of ideas, short on cash, and tormented by his wife Virginia's black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories.

The Black Cat

2007

Bleacher Bums poster
10.0

Bleacher Bums takes place in the bleachers of Chicago's Wrigley Field. The characters are a bunch of Chicago Cubs fans, watching a game in progress on a summer afternoon.

Bleacher Bums

1979

Videozone: The Making of "Castle Freak" poster
NR

Go behind the scenes of the horror classic with director Stuart Gordon, get Jeffrey Combs’ take on the castle, and share gossip with Barbara Crampton.

Videozone: The Making of "Castle Freak"

1995

Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright poster
8.5

The pre-movie for the interactive theme park ride in which Colonial Marine called Hyer has just returned back to his ship, the New Jersey, having narrowly escaped an Alien encounter on the mining colony Takaia 3. The marines return to rescue the injured and survive the alien attack.

Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright

1994

DeathBed poster
4.3

When Karen and her significant other move to a new apartment, they discover an old antique bed. Karen absolutely loves it and she soon allows it to inspire her artwork. However, a series of disturbing dreams begin to haunt Karen. Eventually she starts to become unhinged and her paranoia overtakes every aspect of her life.

DeathBed

2002

Videozone: The Making of "The Pit & the Pendulum" poster
NR

Watch the tight-knit cast and crew discuss the filmmaking process, including what it was like to live together in the castle they shot in.

Videozone: The Making of "The Pit & the Pendulum"

1991